- Usage in publication:
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- Barton sandstone
- Modifications:
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- Original reference
- Dominant lithology:
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- Sandstone
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin (Eastern Overthrust area)
Summary:
Pg. 573. Barton sandstone. Underlies Barton rider coal; all included in Conemaugh formation. [Age is Pennsylvanian.]
[Notable exposures in Allegany and Garrett Cos., western MD.]
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 121).
- Usage in publication:
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- Barton sandstone
- Modifications:
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- Revised
- AAPG geologic province:
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- Appalachian basin (Eastern Overthrust area)
Summary:
On pl. 6, he applied Barton sandstone to sandstones both overlying and underlying Barton rider coal, but on p. 65 he stated: "A thick sandstone is found locally over the Barton coal at Barton and elsewhere which is named the Barton sandstone from its position." On p. 114 he showed 30 feet of Barton sandstone and shale and underlying Wellersburg limestone and fire clay and overlying Barton rider coal in Castleman basin, western Maryland. [Age is Pennsylvanian.]
See also Wilmarth, M.G., compiler, 1929, Tentative correlation of the named geologic units of Maryland, USGS unpub. corr. chart, Apr., 1929, sheet 1 of 2.
Source: US geologic names lexicon (USGS Bull. 896, p. 121).
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